CAF inabadilisha AFCON kuwa kila miaka minne na kuanzisha Ligi ya Mataifa ya Afrika

Rais wa Shirikisho la Soka la Afrika (CAF), Dk. Patrice Motsepe, ametangaza kuwa michuano ya AFCON itafanyika kila miaka minne kuanzia 2028 ili kutatua migogoro ya ratiba na mashindano ya vilabu vya Ulaya. Pia, CAF imetangaza uzinduzi wa Ligi ya Mataifa ya Afrika, ambayo itakuwa na maeneo manne ya kikanda na mechi wakati wa dirisha la kimataifa la FIFA. Tangazo hili lina umuhimu mkubwa kwa Kenya, ambayo inajiandaa kuandaa pamoja na Uganda na Tanzania mwaka 2027, ambayo itakuwa ya mwisho chini ya mzunguko wa miaka miwili.

Dk. Patrice Motsepe, Rais wa CAF, alifanya tangazo hilo Jumamosi, Desemba 20, 2025, baada ya mashauriano na FIFA ili kutatua changamoto za kimahali na kibiashara zinazosababishwa na mzunguko wa miaka miwili wa AFCON tangu 1968. Chini ya ratiba mpya, AFCON ya mwaka huu itafanyika Morocco, ikifuatiwa na toleo la Afrika Mashariki mwaka 2027 nchini Kenya, Uganda na Tanzania chini ya ombi la pamoja la “Pamoja”. Kisha, CAF itafanya michuano ya “daraja” mwaka 2028, na nchi mwenyeji bado haijateuliwa, kabla ya kuhamia kabisa muundo wa kila miaka minne kuanzia 2032.

Motsepe alisema, “Kutakuwa na shindano kila mwaka ambapo wachezaji bora wa Afrika wanaocheza Ulaya na ulimwenguni wote watakuwa nasi kwenye bara letu.”

Ligi ya Mataifa ya Afrika itahusisha maeneo manne ya kikanda, na mechi zitachezwa wakati wa dirisha la FIFA kati ya Septemba na Novemba. Aidha, CAF imethibitisha kuongezeka kwa zawadi ya AFCON kutoka dola milioni 7 (karibu Ksh900 milioni) hadi dola milioni 10 (karibu Ksh1.3 bilioni) ili kufanya michuano ya Afrika iwe na mvuto zaidi kiuchumi na kuwekeza rasilimali zaidi katika maendeleo ya timu za taifa na msingi.

Katibu Mkuu wa FIFA, Mattias Grafström, aliyekuwa present, aliiita uamuzi huu “wa kihistoria” na kusema FIFA itaendelea kushirikiana na CAF ili kuratibu ratiba za kimataifa. Alisema, “Kwanza, sasa ni kwa CAF kuamua mahali shindano litachezwa 2028, na kwa hakika, kutoa tarehe kwetu. Nataka kubaki katika mawasiliano ili kuratibu iwezekanavyo tarehe, kama tulivyofanya kwa toleo hili pia. Ilichukua muda kidogo, lakini mwishowe, maafikiano yalipatikana, ambayo yalipokewa na kila mtu.”

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